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 SEVENTIETH CONGRESS. SEss. II. Cii. 705. 1929. 1593 Refunds of construction charges : The unexpended balance of the appropriation of $100,000 contained in the First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1928, for refunds of construction charges theretofore paid on permanently unproductive lands excluded from the Federal reclamation projects specified in the Act approved May 25, 1926 (U. S. C., Supp. I, p. 265, sec. 423a), in accordance with section 42 of said Act, is hereby made available for the same purposes for the fiscal year 1930 ; That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he hereby is, authorized and dir ected to cre dit th e Farm ers' I rrigati on Dis trict with t he sum. of $2,376 .45, as of January 1, 1927, which represents 50 per cent of the expenses incurred by said district in operating and maintaining the Nine Mile Drain from January 1 to June 30, 1926, under contract with sa id dis trict dated June 1 6, 191 7, in c onnect ion wi th the North Platte project, Nebraska-Wyoming ; Under the provisions of this Act no greater sum shall be expended, nor shall the United States be obligated to expend during the fiscal year 1930, on any reclamation project appropriated for herein, an amount in exc ess of the s um her ein ap propria ted th erefor, nor shall the whole expenditures or obligations incurred for all of such projects for the fisca l year 1930 exceed the w hole am ount i n the "recla mation fund " for the fiscal year ; Ten per centum of the foregoing amounts shall be available inter- In terchangeabl e ap. changeably for expenditures on the reclamation projects named ; propriations. but not more than 10 per centum shall be added to the amount appro- priated for any one of said projects, except that should existing pairs. Em ergency floo d re works or the water supply for lands under cultivation be endangered by floods or other unusual conditions an amount sufficient to make necessary emergency repairs shall become available for expenditure by further transfer of appropriation from any of said projects upon approval of the Secretary of the Interior ; Whenever, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, the Com- fortravel,etc. rvehicles missioner of the Bureau of Reclamation shall find that the expenses of travel, including the local transportation of employees to and from their homes to the places where they are engaged on construc- tion or operation and maintenance work, can be reduced thereby, he may authorize the payment of not to exceed 3 cents per mile for a motor cycle or 7 cents per mile for an automobile used for necessary official business ; Tot al, fr om rec lamati on fun d, $7, 978,00 0. To defray the cost of operating and maintaining the Colorado ea'f .m0 project, Aril : River front work and levee system adjacent to the Yuma Federal Colorado River front irrigation project in Arizona and California subject only to section wVia44, p 1021. 4 of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and pre servat ion of certa in pub lic wo rks on rivers and h arbors, and for other purposes," approved January 21, 1927 (44 Stat ., p . 1010), $100,000, to be immediately available. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY Geological Survey. S ALAR IES For the Director of the Geological Survey and other personal Director, and office personnel. services in the District of Columbia, $134,800 ; GENERAL EXPENSES General expenses. Authorizations for all For every expenditure requisite for and incident to the authorized services, etc. work of the Geological Survey, including personal services in the An te, , 1ec District of Columbia and in the field, including not to exceed $30,000 for the purchase and exchange, and not to exceed $50,000 for the Refunds of construc- tion charges on per- manentlyunprodue tiv e lands. Ante, p.19. Vol.44,p .647. U.S . Code, Supp. I, p. 265. North Platte project, N ebr .-Wyo . Farmers' Irrigation District credited for expenses in connection with. Exp enditures li mited to specific allo tments .

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